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15. Francis, son of Lieut. Simon, 6, b. 1715. Oct. 25 ; m. 1739, July 10, Sarah Richardson, dau. of Thomas. 3. She d. 1772, March 30, and he m. 1773. May 20. Mehitable Dutton. Lieut. Crosby d. 1777. Feb. 7. Ch. Frances, b. 1739, Dec. 21; d. 1758. Oct. 21. Sarah, b. 1741. Nov. 21. m. Samuel Hopkins, of Wilmington. Abigail, b. 1743, Dec. 14; m. Sears Cook, 2. Samuel, 26, b. 1745-6. Feb. 25. Simon, b. 1749, March 7, and d. March 9. Mary. b. 1752. Nov. 25. and d. Dec. 5.
16. Ephraim, son of Lieut. Simon, 6, b. 1731, Oct. 13; m. 1755, April 17, Mary Meriam, of Bedford. He d. 1808, Feb. 29, and she d. 1814, Nov. 30. Ch. Abigail, b. 1758, Aug. 6; m. Jothan Blanchard, 9. Anna, b. 1760, March 6; m. 1782. Feb. 11. Nathaniel Henchman, Ephraim, 27, b. 1762, March 13. John, 28, b. 1765, June 16. Mary, b. 1767, Dec. 9; m. Joseph Kendall, 3.
17. James, son of James, 7, b. 1728, Oct. 5; m. Sarah Dutton, dau. of Jonathan, 8. Ch. Timothy, 29, b. 1751, May 11.
18. Sampson, son of James, 7, b. 1731, Oct. 21; m. 1757, May 5, Lucy Richardson, dau. of Stephen. 7. His ch. Sampson and Lucy were b. in Lexington. Removed to Amherst, N. H. Ch. Stephen, b. 1757, Nov. 3. Lucy, b. 1759, May 14. Sampson, b. 1761. June 5. Joel, b. 1763, Feb. 9. Joshua, b. 1770, May 31, Zib. b. 1772. Jan. 24.
19. Simon, son of Solomon, 8, b. 1741, Sept. 14; m. 1763, Dec. 8, Dorothy Farmer, dau. of Andrew. S. His name disappears from tax-list. 1773. Ch. Solomon. b. 1765. Jan. S. Dolly. b. 1767. Jan. 31. Simon, b. 1769, May 6.
20. Jessaniah, son of William, 9, b. 1728, Oct. 7; m. 1751, Dec. 19, Mary Hosley, dau. of Thomas, 2. He d. 1774, before April 5. Ch. Jessaniah, b. 1753, Jan. 11; m. Elizabeth Gilson, of Pepperell, and was a pioneer in the settlement of Hebron, N. II., first called Cockermouth. Two of his sons died there not many years since, honored citizens; and one Jaazaniah, b. 1780, April 3, grad. H. C., 1806, and was ordained, 1810, Oct. 16, pastor of the church in Charlestown, N. H., and remained in
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office until his death. 1864. Dec. 30. In 1854. he tendered his resignation. which was not accepted; but he was relieved by a colleague of his active charge. continuing senior pastor. Harvard College gave him the honorary D. D., in 1853. He published an Election Sermon, 1830; a Dedication Sermon, 1843; a Semi-Centennial Sermon in 1860; and 'Annals of Charlestown,' in Vol. IV of the New Hampshire Historical Collections. Learned, genial, prudent, his long ministry is held in eminent honor. Mary. b. 1754, May 16; m. Isaac Stearns, (see 8,) and lived in Ashburnham. Isaac, bap. 1756, May 16. Susannah, bap. 1758, Feb. 12. William, bap. 1760. Feb. 3. A son, bap. 1761. Aug. 30. Sarah, bap. 1763, Dec. 25.
21. Hezekiah, son of William, 9, b. 1732-3, Jan. 31; m. 1754. Feb. 7. Anna Whiting. dau. of Samuel. 6. She d. 1764. Feb. 26. and he m. 1765, April 6. Lucy Kittredge, of Tewksbury. He d. 1817. July 26. He lived south-east of Nutting's pond. Ch. Anna. b. 1754. May 11; m. Nathan Jaquith, of Williamstown. Timothy. b. 1756. May 5. Deborah. b. 1758, Feb. 25; d. 1811, Jan. Jeremiah, 30, b. 1760. March 20. Rhoda, b. 1764, Jan. 3, and d. Jan. 11. Lucy. b. 1765, Nov. 10; m. James Lewis, 7. Hezekiah, b. 1767, Nov. 8; owned a large land tract in Missouri. William, b. 1770, June 3; grad. H. C .. 1794; read law with Hon. Samuel Dana, of Groton; and in 1802, Jan., settled in Belfast. Me .; one of the pioneers of that region. He was senator of Maine District, in the Mass. Legislature; and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. 1811-23. He m. 1804. Oct. 12, Sally Davis, dau. of Benjamin, 4; d. 1852. March 31, and his widow d. 1877. Nov. 1. His son. William George. b. 1805. Sept. 10. grad. Bowdoin College. 1823; practised law in Belfast, and was Governor of Maine, 1853-54. His alma mater conferred the honorary degree of LL. D .. 1870. Levi, b. 1772. Oct. 2, Mary. b. 1783, March 2. Levi and Mary are not mentioned in will. Achsah. b. 1786. Oct. 2; m. 1809. Oet. 26, David Parker. 21.
22. Seth, son of William, 9, b. 1734, Aug. 8; m. 1757, April 29, Rachel Hill. dau. of Peter. 17. She d. 1814. Feb. 19. and hed. April 18. He lived south of Nutting's pond. at the Fiske place. Ch. Rachel. b. 1758, April 19, and d. 1762. March 25. Prudence. b. 1759. Sept. 22. Sarah, b. 1761, March 31; m. Timothy Foster. 11. Rachel, b. 1763. Jan. 7; m. 1789. March 3, Abijah Cutler, of Brookfield. Rhoda, b. 1764, Nov, 12; d. 1778, Sept. 21. Seth, 31, b. 1766, Dec. 5. Allice. b. 1768. Nov. 2; d. 1771, July 6. Hannah, b .. 1771, May 22; m. 1791, March 24, Luke Lane, of Bedford. Joshua, b. 1774, May 18, and d. 1778, Sept. 15. Rhoda, b. 1780, Dec. 2; m. Stephen Richardson, 23.
23. Jacob, son of Thomas, 10, b. 1729, Sept. 19; m. 1761. April.8. Hannah Russell. His farm was next to Chelmsford. His estate was settled, 1776. Ch. Hannah, b. 1761. Dec. 28. Reuben, b. 1764, Feb. 11. (The record of baptisms names this child Rebecca). Zilpah, b. 1767. Oct. 26; m. Joseph Stearns, 17. Jacob, b. 1769, April 18. Samuel, b. 1773, June 1.
24. Oliver, son of Oliver, 13, b. 1749, Sept. 17; m. 1768, March 17, Rachel Stickney, dau. of Daniel. 3. He was deacon ; lived east of Bare hill ; d. 1825, Sept. 17. Ch. Oliver, b. 1769, March 17; grad. HI. C., 1795 ; studied law, and settled in Dover. N. HI., 1798. In 1822. he removed to Atkinson, Me., where he had acquired large land interests, and d. there 1851, July 29. He m. Harriet Chase. dau. of Stephen, of Portsmouth. Had ch. Harriet. b. 1801. June 12; m. E. T. Morrill, Bangor. Oliver, b, 1802, Nov. 30, and d. in Illinois. 1876. William Chase, b. 1806. Dec. 2; a lawyer in Bangor. Cornelia, b. 1810. March 27; m. Dr. Amasa Barrett, Bangor. Henrietta. b. 1814. Nov. 27; m. George W. Ingersoll, Bangor. Josiah, b. 1816. Nov. 24; grad. B. C., 1835; a lawyer in Atkinson. Michael, 32, b. 1771, May 3. Josiah. 33, b. 1777. Feb. 8. Rachel, b. 1779. Dee. 25: d. 1795. Nov. 12. Elizabeth. b. 1782. JJuly 30 : m. 1810. June 5. John Wheeler, of Dover. N. H.
25. Josiah, son of Oliver, 13, b. 1746, April 20; m. 1772, Dec. 1, Sarah Cummings, dau. of Nathaniel. He d. 1819, July 26. She d. 1823, Aug. 20. No children.
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26. Samuel, son of Francis, 15, b. 1745-6. Feb. 25; m. 1772, Feb. 6. Abigail Bailey, of Lancaster. His inventory taken in 1776. He lived in Bedford. Ch. Abigail, b. 1772, Dec. 7. Samuel, bap. 1774, July 17.
27. Ephraim, son of Ephraim. 16, b, 1762, March 13; m. 1788, March 13. Sarah French, dau. of William, 13}. He lived near Shawshin river: removed in 1815 to Milford, N. II., and d. 1820. Ch. Sarah, b. 1789, Oct. 29; d. 1796, May 25. Ephraim. b. 1791, June 27; d. 1808, Sept. 10. Rufus. b. 1793, Jan. 2. and d. 1796. May 28. Anna, b. 1794. Oct. 10; m. Joseph Goodhue, of New Boston. Rufus, b. 1796, Nov. 7; lived in Milford. Sarah, b. 1798, Sept. 15; m. Thomas Wilkins, of Amherst. Charles, b. 1800, May 31; lived in Boston. Mary. b. 1802, May 6; m. David Huse, of Foxboro'. Nylrester. b. 1804. April 12; lived in Lowell. Caleb. b. 1806, June 17; lived in Lowell. Lucy and Loizia, b. 1808, March 26. Ephraim. b. 1810, April 13; lived in Lowell. George, b. 1813, May 22; lived in Lowell.
28. John, son of Ephraim, 16, b. 1765, June 16; m. 1796. Dec. 15. Abigail Cook. dau. of Sears, 2. He d. 1834. Jan. 11. Ch. Abigail. b. 1799, May 15; m. Jeremiah Rogers, (see 16). John, 34, b. 1805, Dec. S. Harriet, b. 1807. Oct. 28: m. 1836, Ang. 16, Lyman Ward. of Roxbury. Francis. b. 1811, July 31; d. 1829, Dec. 20.
29. Timothy, son of JJames. 17, b. 1751. May 11: m. 1772. Jan. 14. Susanna Sanders, dau. of Obadiah, and 1796. Dec. 15, Mary Frye, of Andover. Ch. Susanna, b. 1772. April 12; m. 1794, Dec. 20, Amos Hosmer. Timothy, b. at Andover. 1774. April 9. Ebenezer. b. 1776. Sept. 26. Thomas. 35, b. at Andover. 1778. Feb. 23. Jedediah, b. 1779, April 22. Nathaniel, b. at Carlisle, 1781, Nov. 25; m. 1810, June 27. Olive Towns. Hezekiah, b. at Tewksbury, 1784, Jan. 18. Molly, b. 1785. Oct. 30; m. 1807. Jan. 21. Henry Blanchard, of Andover. Sarah, m. Aaron Danforth. 28.
30. Jeremiah, son of Hezekiah. 21, b. 1760, March 20; m. 1783, Oct. 13, Abigail Jaquith, who d. 1810. Jan. 12, and he m. 1810, Dec. 25, Lucy Winship. He d. 1821, Oct. 19; his widow, 1841. April 11, aged 72. Ch. Jeremiah, 36, b. 1784, Aug. 15, Abigail, b. 1786, June 4; m. 1808, Feb. 4. JJeremiah Hobson, of Deering. N. H. Silence, still-born. 1788. May 25. Hannah, b. 1790, May 1; d. 1796, Feb. 28. Zoa, b. 1792, May 27; d. 1796, March 18. Lucy. b. 1794. Aug. 23: d. 1796. March 12. Hannah. b. 1797, April 7; m. 1819, April 8, Joshua Learned. of Cambridge. Sumner, b. 1801, March 21; m. 1826. Nov .. Harriet Blanchard. dau. of Joseph. 11, and lived in Boston : d. 1875. April 10. Alonzo, b. 1803. March 22: d. 1860. Jan. 17. Lucy, b. 1805, May 17; m. 1831, Oct. 7, John Osborn, of Belfast. He d. 1860. in New Orleans ; she now lives in Melrose.
31. Seth, son of Seth, 22, b. 1766, Dec. 5; lived south-east of Nutting's pond, on the Middlesex turnpike: m. 1790. July 13. Mehitable Kittredge. dau. of Nehemiah, 13. She d. 1814. Feb. 16, and his wife, Mary, d. 1844, July 25, aged 73. He d. 1848, June 4. Ch. Betsey m. 1816, Jan .. Edward Winship, of Lexington. Harrey. 37. Kendall lived in Boston : m. 1826, April 23, Elizabeth Hill, of Arlington, dau of David, and 1834, Feb. 9. Lydia, her sister. Clarissa d. 1849, Feb. 11, aged 54. Augustus lived in Warner, N. H. ; m. - Currier.
32. Michael, son of Oliver, 24, b. 1771, May 3; m. 1792, March 27, Asenath Blanchard, dau. of Simon. 4. Ch. Michael. 38, b. 1792. April 29. Asenath. Frederic, b. 1795, Sept. 2.
33. Josiah, son of Oliver, 24, b. 1777, Feb. 8; m. 1803, Oct. 16. Betsey Hartwell, of Littleton. He d. 1829, July 27. Ch. Elizabeth Heywood, b. 1804, Aug. 12; m. 1826, Dec. 13, Rev. Bernard Whitman. He was brother of Rev. Nathaniel Whitman. b. 1796. June 8. . Student at H. C., but did not graduate. Studied theology with Dr. Abbot, of Beverly; was ordained at Waltham, 1826, June 8, and d. there, 1834. Nov. 5. He was an active and vigorous writer in the Christian Examiner; editor of the Unitarian ; and published a volume of . Village Sermons. 1832; two letters to Prof. Stuart, 1830; and a dozen sermons on various occasions. (See Am.
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Quar. Reg., Vol. XII, pp. 254 and 278). Oliver, 39, b. 1806, Feb. 8. Rachel Ann. b. 1807. June 11; d. 1821, Nov. 6. Susannah, b. 1809, April 14; m. 1832, Nov. 1, Thaddeus Brown, M. D., who graduated at Yale College, 1826; Harvard Medical College, 1830; and d. 1839. Sept. 28, aged 37. She d. 1845, June 28, and a son Thaddeus d. 1838, March 11, aged 4. Sarah Cumings, b. 1813. Sept. 25. Martha, b. 1816, July 10. Josiah, b. 1818, Jan. 17; lives in Andover.
34. John, son of John, 28, b. 1805, Dee. 8; m. Isabella H. Goodwin, dau. of Charles, 4. Ch. Ellen Maria. b. 1840, Oct. 12. Francis Lyman, b. 1842, Sept. 4. Simon, b. 1844, May 23. Laura Isabella, b. 1846, June 6.
35. Thomas, son of Timothy, 29, b. 1778. Feb. 23; m. Sally -. Ch. Thomas, b. 1802, Ang. 25. In Tewksbury : Lydia, b. 1805, Oct. 1. Mary Ann. b. 1811, June 26. Thomas, b. 1813, May 4.
36. Jeremiah, son of- Jeremiah, 30, b. 1784, Aug. 15; m. 1812, Nov. 26, Ruth Bowman. dau. of Abel, 2. She d. 1830. Oct. 11. and he Is. Lucy Goodwin who d. 1846, May 28, aged 54; he d. 1872, Nov. 18. Ch. Albert, b. 1813. Sept. 23. Leander, 40, b. 1815, July 5. Ambrose and Abigail. b. 1817, June 10. Ambrose d. 1847, Dec. 31, New Bedford. Abigail m. 1850, Nov. 28, Jackson Richardson, of Boston. Abel Bowman b. 1822. Oct. 17. Emily. b. 1825. Feb. 21. Renslow, b. 1833, June 23.
37. Harvey, son of Seth, 31, m. Esther Melvin. She d. 1846, Nov. 13. He lived north-east of Bare hill; d. 1872, Feb. 1. Ch. Clarissa Augusta, b. 1820, Feb. 1; d. 1850, Dec. 14. Maria, b. 1822, Jan. 7. Henry, b. 1824, Dec. 25. George, b. 1828, Jan. 20. William, b. 1830, April 18. Edwin, b. 1834. June 19. Seth, b. 1841, Jan. 1.
38. Michael, son of Michael. 32, b. 1792, April 29; m. 1816, April 29, Margaret Tufts, widow of Cyrus Farmer, (see 13). He lived on Vine brook. Ch, Josiah Michael, b. 1817. Jan. 27; lived in Connecticut. Warren Brooks, b. 1818, Oct. 25; d. Lucretia Richardson, b. 1820, June 16. Cyrus Farmer, b. 1822, Sept. 2; lives in Somerville. Franklin, b. 1824, Dec. 18; went to Mexican War, and never returned. Ann, b. 1827, Aug. 19. Ellen.
39. Oliver, son of Josiah, 33, b. 1806, Feb. 8; m. Hannah - and Elizabeth -. Ch. Bernard Whitman, b. 1831, Jan. 6. Oliver, b. 1833, Feb. 9. Josiah, b. 1835, May 25. Sumner, b. 1837, March 2. Hannah Elizabeth, b. 1840, June 24. Frederick Augustus, b. 1841, Dec. 15. Rachel Ann. b. 1843, Oct. 9; d. 1848, April 5. Mary, b. 1846, Jan. 27; d. 1848, April 3.
40. Leander, son of Jeremiah, b. 1815, July 5; lives on his father's place, east of Nutting's pond; m. 1846. Feb. 22, Abigail Moody, of Vassalboro, Me. Ch. Ruthy Isadora, b. 1850, Jan. 8; m. John Russell Lowell, of Boston. William, b. 1853, April 15; d. 1854, March 9. Frank William, b. 1855, Sept. 1.
41. Benjamin Franklin, son of Nathaniel. of Tewksbury. (see 29). b. 1830, April 3; m. 1857, April 19, Amanda P. Munroe. Ch. Henry Franklin. b. 1858, April 10.
CUMINGS. John Cummings, of Rowley, 1667, perhaps son of Isaac, of Ipswich. m. Sarah Howlett, dau. of Sergt. Thomas, of Ipswich. He removed to Dunstable, and was one of the leading men; selectmen and town-clerk. He had ch. John, Nathaniel, Sary, Thomas, Abraham. Isaac. and Ebenezer; d. 1700, Dee. 1, and his wife, Dec. 7. John, his son, had seven ch. of whom Samuel was b. 1680, Oct. 6. and lived in Groton, where his son Jerahmael was b. 1711. Oct. 10. Nathaniel lived in Dunstable and had a son Nathaniel b. 1699, Sept. 8; was prob. father of Nathaniel, of Billerica.
1. Nathaniel, (see above). m. 1749, Nov. 29, Kathrine Baldwin, dau. of John, 9. Her name takes the place of his on the tax-list, 1773. She d. in Dunstable, 1807, Nov. 4. Ch. Nathaniel, b. 1751, Feb. 3; m. - , and d. in Dunstable, 1812, May 21. Sarah, b. 1753, June 2; m. Josiah Crosby, 26. Kate. b. 1755, July 21. Pattey, b. 1757, March 5; m. Benjamin Dutton, son of John, 10. Bette, b. 1761, Jan. 17.
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2. Henry, Rev., son of Jerahmael, (above,) b. 1739, Sept. 16. His father lived in the west part of Dunstable, and was one of the petitioners in 1738. who obtained the incorporation of the Parish of West Dunstable. which became the town of Hollis in 1746. His mother was Hannah Farwell. dau. of Henry. Jerahmael Cumings d. 1747, Oct. 21. and his widow m. Dea. Stephen Jewett. She had five children by each marriage. Hannah -Cumings, her oldest dau., m. James Hobart, who was one of the first' settlers in 1764, of Plymouth, N. H. Her son James b. 1766, Aug. 2, was the first child born in the town. He grad. D. C., 1794; studied theology with Rev. Dr. Asa Burton, of Thetford; was ordained over the church just organized in Berlin, Vt., 1798, Nov. 7, and so remained more than thirty years. He d. in Berlin, 1862, July 16, having devoted his later years to missionary labors in Vermont and New Hampshire. After he was 90 years old. he walked on one Sabbath 12 or 15 miles and preached to three congregations. Jotham, the only brother of Rev. Henry Cumings, was also one of the Plymouth pioneers, and has left a numerous posterity there. Henry Cumings grad. H. C., 1760; taught school in Reading, 1761; studied theology with Daniel Emerson, the eminent Hollis pastor, who preached his ordination sermon; was ordained in Billerica, 1763. Jan. 26. and d. in office, 1823, Sept. 5. The Rev. Mr. Whitman had been his colleague from 1814, Jan. 26. Harvard College gave him the honorary degree of D. D., in 1800. He was often called in council, and to preach on public occasions. The list of his publications, as revised by himself, for Mr. Farmer's Historical Memoir. is as follows :-
1. On the day of Public Thanksgiving, 27 November, 1766.
2. On the day of Thanksgiving, 23 November, 1775.
3. A Sermon preached at Lexington, on the the 19 April, 1781.
4. On the General Election, at Boston. 28 May, 1783.
5. On the day of National Thanksgiving. 11 December, 1783.
6. At the ordination of Reverend Phinehas Wright, at Bolton. 26 October. 1785.
7. On Natural Religion, 28 June, 1795.
8. On Thanksgiving Day, 15 December, 1796.
9. On Thanksgiving Day, 27 November. 1798.
10. At the ordination of Reverend Caleb Bradley at Falmouth, 9 October, 1799.
11. Eulogy on Gen. George Washington, 10 January, 1800.
12. On the Public Fast, 9 April, 1801.
13. Charity Sermon at Roxbury, 21 September. 1802.
14. An Half-Century Sermon, 21 February. 1813.
15. Right-Hand of Fellowship, annexed to the Sermon, preached at the ordination of Reverend Elijah Dunbar, at Peterborough. N. HI .. 23 October, 1799.
16. Charge, annexed to the Sermon, preached at the ordination of Rev. Wilkes Allen, at Chelmsford. 16 November. 1803.
17. Charge, annexed to the Sermon, at the ordination of his colleague. Reverend N. Whitman, 26 January, 1814.
He m. 1763, May 19, Ann Lambert, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth. of Reading, who was b. 1739. Feb. 7. and d. 1784. Jan. 5. He m. 1786. . Nov. 14, her sister, Mrs. Margaret Briggs, who d. 1790, June 2, aged 54. He m. 1791, Sept. 20, Sarah Bridge, dau. of Rev. Ebenezer, of Chelmsford; b. 1742, July 25; d. 1812, Feb. 25. Ch. A child, still-born, 1766. Aug. 15. Ann, b. 1768. July 31; d. 1793, Oct. 18. Frances, b. 1770, April 7; m. Dr. William Wilkins. Elizabeth. b. 1772, Aug. 15; m. 1800, Dec. 25, Lewis Gould, who was a merchant in Ashby. They had no children. Henry. ยท b. 1774, Sep. 9; grad. H. C., 1795; he did not marry; was a teacher, and d. near Louisville, Ky., 1828-9. John, b. 1781, Feb. 11; m. and had two daughters.
CURRIER, 1. William m. 1775. April 25, Bette Richardson, dau. of Ebenezer, 14. Ch. William, b. 1776, Feb. 20. Isaac, 2, b. 1777, Oct. 24.
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John. b. 1781. Aug. G. Josiah. b. 1784, March 14. Betsey, b. 1786, June 16. Francis. b. 1793. April 1.
2. Isaac, son of William, 1, b. 1777. Oct. 24; m. Lucy Farnsworth. He came from Dracut about 1820, and lived near the "corner" bridge; d. 1825, Oct. 20, and his widow d. 1834. April 12, aged 52. Ch. Larina, m. Ebenezer Avery. of Wilmington. Lucinda lives in Lowell. Andrew d. about 1865, in New York. Warren, a prominent lawyer and citizen in St. Louis. Julia Ann, b. 1820, July 15; m. Abel Spalding, 13. George Washington, d. 1853. Aug. 27. aged 30.
CUTLER, Charles, in. 1811. May 5. Elizabeth Winning, dau. of John. 2. Ch. Charles, b. 1812, March 19; d. 1833. Jan. 4. William. b. 1814. Feb. 27. Elizabeth, b. 1816, Dec. 27. Lucy, b. 1820. Dec. 20. Martha, b. 1826, Jan. 3.
DALAND, Benjamin, m. Hannah Foster, dau. of Joseph, 13. He d. 1826, April 18, aged 63, and she d. 1834, June 1. Oliver Foster, bap. 1801, Oct. 18. Din, bap. 1803, Dec. 11. Sully, bap. 1806. Jan. 26. Hannah. bap. 1806. Dec. 20. Eliza, bap. 1809, Feb. 26. Samuel, bap. 1811, Aug. 18. Frederick Freeman, bap. 1814, Sept. 25.
DANA, Samuel, was son of Samuel, of Cambridge, who d. in Billerica. He m. Mary Duriek, of Salem, who d. 1850. April 22, aged 64; lived at the Wild place, on the Lowell road, and also near North Billerica; d. 1864. June 11, aged 82 years, 6 months and 9 days. . Ch. Mary, b. 1811, Aug. 22; d. about 1870. Iliram, b. 1814. March 11 ; lived in Boston; no ch. Hannah, b. 1815, June 4; m. Joseph I. Salter. Sarah Ann, b. 1817, Dec. 16; m. Henry Robinson, of Concord, N. H .; d. 1866. Samuel, b. 1824. Aug. 26; d. 1850, Jan. 18. Martha, b. 1827, Jan. 6; m. Henry Durant, of Lowell ; no ch.
DANDLY. 1. John, in. 1793, Sept. 29, Rebecca Shed, prob. dau. of Joseph, 15 ; perhaps of Samuel, 14. Ch. John, b. 1794, Jan. 25. William, b. 1795, Nov. 27. James, 2.
2, James, son of John, 1, m. 1819, March 25, Sarah Patten. dau. of John. 15. She d. 1838, Nov. 30; he d. 1848. Feb. 11, aged 50. Ch. Mary Mason Pearson. b. 1819. Aug. 2; m. 1846. Dec. 3. Charles W. Newell, of Roxbury. James Henry. b. 1822. Sept. 6; m. 1848, Jun 25. Edith Patch, of Tyngsboro'. Ile lived in Boston; d. 1879, Jan. 10. Miriam Maria. b. 1828. Feb. 17; m. 1876, Nov. 15, Aaron Pasho. John Calvin, b. 1834. April 3; m. Lucy Patch.
DANFORTH, Jonathan, youngest son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Danforth, was b. in Framlingham, in High Suffolk, England. 1627-8. Feb. 29. His mother d. in England. 1629; his father. in Cambridge. 1638. April. His brother, Thomas, of Cambridge, was one of the most useful and eminent citizens of the colony ; selectman, 1645-71; town clerk, 1645-68; assistant, 1659-78. Deputy Governor. 1679-92, except during Andros' usurpation, after which, only the prolonged life of the venerable Gov. Bradstreet prevented his election as Governor. He was President of the District of Maine. 1681-92; member of the Council, 1(93-9; Judge of Superior Court, after 1692; Treasurer of Harvard College. 1650-69; Treasurer of Middlesex County, and from 1648-86, Recorder. The acknowledged leader of the party which resisted the arbitrary proceedings of the King, and effected the counter-revolution in Massachusetts. He d. 1699. Nov. 5. aged 77. His brother, Samuel, grad. HI. C .. 1643; was ordained colleague with John Eliot, as pastor at Roxbury: d. 1674. Nov. 19, leaving an eminent reputation for scholarship and piety. His wife was Mary, dau. of John Wilson, Boston's first pastor.
Our Jonathan Danforth was of worthy stock, and in view of his long life and many and varied services, he might be recognized as theo father of the town. His marriage was the first on our records. though it seems to have taken place in Boston. as it was also recorded there. His skill as a surveyor, gave him employment far and wide. For forty years he probably surveyed every land grant in Billerica, and must have explored every nook and corner of the ancient town. His descriptions fill some 200 pages, in his own, very clear and handsome hand-writing, in the
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volume of Land Grants; and in locating grants and, making surveys, as settlement went on, north and west, he was more frequently,employed than any other. In Haverhill, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Townsend and as far as Amherst and Litchfield, N. H., his work is found. Many of his "plots " are preserved in the State Archives. He was' town-clerk, 1665-86. Selectman. Representative. and Captain of the Militia company. His energy and wisdom made his counsel of value, and his piety shone. He was the life-long and trusted friend of his pastor, Mr. Whiting, who survived him but five months. Mr. Farmer states that he left two Ms. folios containing sermons and sketches of sermons for many years. together with the baptisms and admissions to the church. If any part of these valuable folios was in existence in Mr. Farmer's day, as he implies, it has since disappeared. Wide and careful search has detected no clue to them, or to the "ancient plan" of the town, in Mr. Farmer's possession, of which he speaks. (Note p. 1, of Hist. Memoir). This plan was sent to the Mass. Historical Society, but has unfortunately disappeared from its archives. Mr. Farmer has preserved lines taken from a poem. on Mr. Danforth's death, supposed to have been written by his nephew. Rev. John Danforth, of Dorchester, which are worthy of repetition here.
"He rode the circuit, chain'd great towns and farms, To good behavior; and by well marked stations, He fixed their bounds for many generations.
His art ne'er failed him, though the loadstone failed, When oft by mines and streams it was assailed.
All this is charming, but there's something higher, Gave him the lustre which we most admire."
An account of his piety followed. The house which Mr. Danforth built and in which he lived and died is disappearing as we write, March, 1880, to give place to a new one. Mr. Martin Lane is its owner. A good picture of it is herewith presented. The wife of Mr. Danforth was Elizabeth Poulter, dau. of John and Mary. b. in Raleigh, Essex. 1633. Sept. 1. Her father is called "Goodman Pouter." in the Boston record. and prob. d. in England. Her mother became the wife of Sergt. John Parker. This theory best explains the facts, which are, that Danforth calls Parker his "father-in-law," (Land Grants, p. 11, No. 3,) and Parker calls Danforth, "son-in-law," (see parchment deed, forming cover of "Births, Marriages and Deaths" Record.) and that after Mr. Parker's death, in 1667. his widow Mary m. Thomas Chamberlain, of Chelmsford, in 1674. Her name was therefore the same with that of Mrs. Danforth's mother, and her death. 1692. Feb. S, is entered by Mr. Danforth, in Billerica Records, as of special significence to the Recorder. Mr. Danforth was m. "before Mr. Increase Nowell," 1654. Nov. 22. His wife d. 1689, Oct. 7; he m. 1690, Nov. 17, Mrs. Esther Champney, dau. of Elder Richard, of Cambridge. and widow of Josiah Convers, of Woburn, who d. a few months after her husband, 1713, April 5. He d. 1712, Sept. 7. Ch. Mary, b. 1655-6. Jan. 29; m. 1678. June 4. John Parker. of Chelmsford. Elizabeth, b. 1657, May 27 ; m. 1687, March 7. Simeon Heywood, of Concord. Jonathan, 2, b. 1658-9. Feb. 18. John. b. 1660-1. Jan. 23; d. Feb. 7. John. b. 1661-2. Feb. 22; d. June 4. Lydia. b. 1664, June 1; m. Edward Wright, of Concord. Samuel, 3, b. 1665-6. Feb. 5. Anna, b. 1667-8, March 8; m. Oliver Whiting, 3. Thomas, b. 1670, April 29; d. July 31. Nicholas, b. 1671, July 1; d. 1693-1, March 8. Sarah, b. 1676, Dec. 23; m. William French. 7.
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